I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

I did take the blows [of life], but I took them with my chin up, in dignity, because I so profoundly love and respect humanity.

The white imagination is sure something when it comes to blacks.

All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.

I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

I have two loves: my country and Paris.

I shall dance all my life. . . . I would like to die, breathless, spent, at the end of a dance.